07-04-2008, 04:36 AM
Ben Johnson Wrote:Damn, I wish this would have went to trial. Mind you, it wouldn't be me doing the time.
I'm pretty sure the reason Dixie copped was that she feared getting the "Martha Stewart" treatment at trial.
So it's hard to say which is scarier:
1. the government contriving to run you out of business by
a. confounding your foreign accreditation,
b. bringing fraud charges against you because you don't have foreign accreditation, and
c. trying you before a judge who sits on the board of trustees of one of your competitors, or
2. a jury of well-indoctrinated socialist drones who hate you because you are a blond, successful woman making more money in a month than they will ever see in a lifetime.
But Martha Stewart only got 5 months in jail and 5 months home confinement on 4 counts of obstruction. I think I would have been inclined to take my chances with the socialist drones.
In retrospect, this was a rigged game from the start. The cartel wanted competition eliminated, and arranged to have the government do its bidding. No doubt the hundreds of feds holding SRU degrees wanted it swept quietly under the rug as well.
Dixie was railroaded, pure and simple. It was politics, not the pursuit of justice, that was driving this case. Dixie is a political prisoner.
And anyone who speaks out against it better watch their own back because the feds will be after you next, branding you a dangerous outlaw, raiding your home and business, seizing your property and money, and ruining your life if they don't kill you first.